The project ”ORIENT OCCIDENT” was born with the idea of meeting and sharing among composers of various nationalities and age, on the common theme of meeting between the world of the Eastern contemporary music and the Western culture.
The Competition will be made possible through one of the most renowned orchestras in Eastern Europe.
The high level technique and interpretative of the Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra, will be honored by the finalists of this international event.

The Competition is realized by the collaboration between KLKnewmusic and the Lviv Symphony Orchestra.

As it is well known, the Ukrainian school of strings was and is among the best in the world, and the Lviv Symphony Orchestra, as Kiev and Odessa, and the other major cities of the country, represent the highest expression of this school level world.

The project is open to all composers of any age and nationality, who want to share their musical and personal journey, attend seminars and opportunities for discussion, on the art of our time, on the contemporary music and on the figure of the Composer in this Third Millennium.

The organization will select composers who will have the opportunity to participate in the “ORIENT OCCIDENT COMPOSERS’ MUSIC FORUM AND COMPETITION 2016” from 01 to 05 November 2016 in the city of Lviv, inside the music center of Lviv Philharmonic Society.

Each composer must submit – deadline: 07 September 2016 – a score with organic selected in the following list :

a) Orchestra;

b) Piano and orchestra;

c) Violin and orchestra.

The number of the orchestra’s instruments can be up to the following list, min 15 / max 34 players: